h1-discussion

[sour sky]

It probably won’t

[crude musk]

supergiant don’t really do dlc

[loud lintel]

if they plan to continue the storyline, i could see a sequel, but not a dlc

[sour sky]

Not sure where they would take it though

[crude musk]

o l y m p u s

[sour sky]

Like go full on kratos?

[crude musk]

less murder but sure

[sour sky]

If they make a sequel I’d at least like to see more areas

[crude musk]

i wanna see the other olympians

[pearl saddle]

Yess

Olympian fights

[sour sky]

I’ve only got a few dozen hours and it’s already starting to feel kinda samey outside of using the different weapon aspects

[crude musk]

hera! hestia!! apollo!!! HEPHAESTUS

[pearl saddle]

YEAH

[sour sky]

Helios

[pearl saddle]

And like achilles would meet apollo and stuff like that

Maybe add some Roman Gods into the mix

[sour sky]

How would zag be able to leave though?

[crude musk]

...magic??

i just want to see helios be like. “i TOLD you she was there but did you believe me? nooooooo” at ||demeter||

[pearl saddle]

Wait so I actually need 6 blood for spear

[lime hearth]

So i just finished the story and ||i gotta say Hades just letting me go that one time without a fight kinda hit the feels. I like it.||

[crude musk]

RIGHT

[loud lintel]

yeah it was emotional

||also zag's first look at the outside world||

||i mustve stayed there looking at the sunrise for about 10 minutes before i moved on||

[sour sky]

I was kinda disappointed in that encounter

[runic agate]

yeah

[sour sky]

I was prepared to shred him to pieces and then just lets me pass

[runic agate]

same

[pearl saddle]

I actually like achilles aspect

[runic agate]

wasnt mad tho

[sour sky]

Same

[runic agate]

same

[hearty bramble]

i was kinda disappointed what happened after the encounter but i still love the game overall

[sour sky]

That’s the only time I’ve liked the spear

[pearl saddle]

Usually hate the spear but I like this aspect

[sour sky]

Wdym?

[hearty bramble]

||like how the meeting of his mom was so short and how he couldnt survive on the surface. it was hard for me to finally beat hades and to see i had to do it again to get more of the story was disappointing at first lol||

[hearty bramble]

but overall i love how everything turned out and i eventually got better at beating that boss lol

[lime hearth]

He would've stomped me that time tho, so i was pleasantly surprised because i was geared to fight tooth and nails to survive

[crude musk]

if i’ve already done the related prophecy to unlock a heart, so i just keep talking until it unlocks?

mostly asking abt the olympians

[teal stratus]

You keep talking to a person until they eventually unlock, yes

Although I don’t remember this prophecy ...

[crude musk]

ares’ is to kill 10k enemies (which i already had)

poseidon’s is catching eighteen fish including at least one legendary

[worldly canyon]

Words can not describe how hilarious it was when Poseidon got so excited and passionate about

THE ROD OF FISHING

[crude musk]

he just gave me a prophecy to take out theseus and asterius as well

[opaque radish]

Is there a method to nearly guarantee rolling all boons of a particular god?

other than using their keepsakes

[loud lintel]

nope

just use their keepsake and look up the codex to make sure you have the required prerequisites

also poseidon is my favorite olympian tbh

the fun uncle

[opaque radish]

mine is zeus, but particularly if I use exagryph

[austere jacinth]

That would just be screaming. Eternal rage.

My fave is Hermes, then Ares. But all the Olympians are fun in their own ways ^^

[crude musk]

dio best bro

[opaque radish]

It was me, DIO.

lool

[austere jacinth]

Dio's awesome. But I'm just thrilled to see Hermes as more than 'the speedy messenger boy' and Ares as more than 'grr, all war all the time'. xDD

[pearl saddle]

I borrowed some gold from Charon

[hearty bramble]

"borrowed"

Did u live

[coarse wolf]

what are the theams for when you start unlocking them ?

[hearty bramble]

isnt it just aesthetic?

[coarse wolf]

i dont know thats why im asking i have only been play like a week i think

[pearl saddle]

No, I did not.

Also I caught a Knucklehead!

[pearl saddle]

Has someone tried to beat Hades with only one god's boons?

Sounds like a fun challenge

[mystic pivot]

I'm probably not first to bring it up, but do we know if there's any plans for a Twitch Extension that could allow for viewer participation (a la "Choice Chamber" kind of style)? I figure this game would be kinda perfect for it.

[brisk trail]

Dusa is best girl, change my mind

[crude musk]

i can’t, you’re right

[austere jacinth]

Aaaah, Dusa's not one of my faves. Love her but Meg, Nyx, Aphro are more ❤️ xD

[desert meadow]

Good picks, but y'all forgot Artemis

[sour sky]

Yes

[austere jacinth]

Artie's cool too. I'd love to go hunting with her and her bro.

[pearl saddle]

Do i have to have higher ||heat|| to get more story after beating the game?

[crude musk]

design-wise, my fave lady is ||grandma||, followed by nyx and ||moooom||

not as far as i know

just make sure you’re talking to people and listening to convos at the house of hades

[austere jacinth]

Design wise? Nyx and Euri for me.

But they're all so good. If I was a designer who produced just one of the designs in this game, I'd be able to retire happy. So darn good.

[narrow hemlock]

none of the story is locked behind difficulty factors

[austere jacinth]

Heat is just for funsies.

[pearl saddle]

Omg i just learned how to dash while charging spear

[crude musk]

man how did i forget eurydice her HAIR i love it

[desert meadow]

She's cool

Probably the one character I'd get along with the easiest

[formal epoch]

i'm on my ninth clear, ||should i spend my coin on a diamond or should i invest into the final fight? i heard i don't have to fight him on the tenth clear||

[green dune]

you don't have to ever fight him

I always try to buy the diamond or titan blood at the last shop, so I can level up my weapons quickly

[crude musk]

so ||em3|| theseus was absurd

and entertaining

and honestly probably slightly less stressful than normal

[brisk trail]

is there by any chance artwork of other characters that weren't implemented?

[brisk trail]

diamonds are not worth, you can get diamonds from fishing

or just do prophecies

[narrow hemlock]

in the context of what they're asking, its fine to go for. the obol cant be carried over anyway

[inland pivot]

Honestly ||the spear attack was far worse than anything the chariot puts me through just because the shield is so annoying||

[crude musk]

exactly!!!

[hearty bramble]

does the skelly keepsake essentially add another death defiance? or does it restore health AND use a death defiance when you get to 0 hp?

ive been too lazy to try

[strong ridge]

adds 1

[desert meadow]

^

[hearty bramble]

ooo thanks!

[strong ridge]

its more of its own little mini dd capped @ 100 hp

[desert meadow]

Yeah

[strong ridge]

so imo if u need the lucky tooth it probably wont matter anyway

[uneven canyon]

anyone else think that Beowulf's Board sucks?

[strong ridge]

but i can attribute at least a few clears to it so idk

[crude musk]

the charge on the rush is soooo slooooow

did not enjoy

[uneven canyon]

its not rewarding

for how long the rush is, it doesnt do that much

[shy steeple]

there is a new patch on the switch. but I cannot find anything about that.

[snow panther]

44/49 achievements so close

[brisk trail]

is dusa actually medusa and the reason its just a head its because perseus cut it off?

[ornate bear]

she prefers to not talk about her old life

she's a new Dusa now

[brisk trail]

but is she tho?

[desert meadow]

We assume it’s Medusa but it’s not confirmed

[brisk trail]

oh

[crude musk]

the codex says a solid ‘maybe’

[austere jacinth]

It's probably Medusa, given her relationship to the other gorgon enemies. Medusa was the only mortal gorgon.

[crude musk]

also, her name is dusa and she’s a maid

top tier naming pun

[austere jacinth]

Very true xD

She just wants to move on from the trauma of her past and who she was. Can't blame her there.

[loud lintel]

TIL you can buy a nice bed and toys for Cerbie

Bought everything for the best boi

[strong ridge]

does it put both the doll and the ball down

[green dune]

you can also clean up his mess

[green dune]

yes

[strong ridge]

awesome i havent bouht it since i tought it would be either or

[pearl saddle]

Wait, if I beat the game a second time can I reget every Titan Blood?

[strong ridge]

gotta turn the heat up but yea

[loud lintel]

Or use a different weapon

[pearl saddle]

Turn the heat up?

Oh ok

So I can't redo it with same heat?

(And same weapon)

[loud lintel]

You can, you just wont get the titan blood, diamond, or ambrosia

[pearl saddle]

And the titan blood wont reset?

I'm tryna get more blood for Rama

[loud lintel]

If you want more blood either turn up the heat or use a different weapon

[green dune]

bounties are once per heat per weapon

but titan blood can also be bought in styx and traded for at the trader

[loud lintel]

is it a good idea to use ruthless reflex rather than greater since 1-dash doesnt interrupt the combo but double dash does?

For 4th sword aspect

[fleet narwhal]

you can just.. not dash a second time

[pliant ice]

Not sure how often it's asked here but, does anyone know if there are plans for additional official hades content to be added? Like as big updates or dlc?

[prisma wind]

Nothing has been announced

[loud lintel]

Yeah but if im not dashing twice then i figure i might get more benefit from ruthless reflex

[pliant ice]

@prisma wind okay, thanks ^_^

[strong ridge]

i like greater reflex in general tbh

[green dune]

i don't

[hearty bramble]

i just got crystal clarity boon for the first time, plus i had lv2 heroic crystal beam and hooowee!!

[copper canopy]

So without spoiling anything, I could use confirmation on something.
||I’m currently building up relationships with characters, and am trying to break the locked heart on the Olympians. For 5/9 of them, all I did was keep talking to them, but the other four don’t seem to be breaking no matter how much I talk to them. So, yes or no, do I simply keep trying and eventually talking to them enough will work, or is there something else that has to be done or something that must be done first?||

[winter harbor]

||Prolly something else must be done first||

[fleet acorn]

||some olympians req different tasks than simply narrative events||

[desert meadow]

^^^

[copper canopy]

||Okay thanks. Wanted to make sure I wasn’t just having really bad luck with it.||

[fleet acorn]

||aphrodite's can take a while as its requirement is pretty big||

[copper canopy]

||Last question: does one of the requirements involve progressing someone else’s relationship? I’ve been trying to keep everyone’s affection levels even, so I was going to keep everyone at six hearts until they’re all unlocked.||

||If that’s the case don’t tell me who||

[desert meadow]

||Yes, someone does||

[copper canopy]

Okay, thanks. I appreciate it.

||Actually, I can probably guess who as well||

[pearl saddle]

Do the people who own Supergiant come on the server?

[ivory geode]

i mean anyone with the "supergiant" role works for/at supergiant but they don't talk a lot outside of announcements n stuff, no

i haven't been on here for very long but that's the impression i get

[shut wasp]

devs on game servers tend to not usually say anything

[ivory geode]

yeah

[shut wasp]

at least in my experience on the celeste, hollow knight, and terraria servers

[winter harbor]

my experience on the slay the spire server

[upper mesa]

I should join some of those tbh

Didn’t realize spire had a server, even

[wispy flax]

Allllllright Ive done some mythbusting

Charon spoilers: ||Someone once told me that he consistently got the "Borrow +300" prompt to start the Charon fight if the walked into the Charon room with less than 300 gold. I walked into the room with 305 and the bag still spawned.||

So it turns out they were wrong, and I think the ||bag spawn|| is randomized

[ivory geode]

||theoretically he could be right, maybe it can spawn regardless but being under 300 guarantees it?||

[wispy flax]

I dont know, Ill need to do more testing but school is eating into my Hades time.

Why cant I have a class centered around Hades?

[ivory geode]

fair and relatable

also i know at least some schools have classical mythology courses. close enough

[wispy flax]

Yeah I was registered in one last semester but I had to drop cause I swapped majors

[ivory geode]

dang that sucks

[wispy flax]

Its alright, I can take it some other semester cause I still need it

Maybe theyll give me more lore about Zaggy

Also the ||Lucifer aspect|| for Rail is broken with anything that does on-tick attack, like Support Fire/Zeus attack boon/Poseidon attack boon/etc.

[strong ridge]

artemis special on luci is funny

[sick needle]

i just bought a dd... right before patty's chamber

[scenic stream]

I just love how half of the underworld sees the giant DEFLECTED prompt and just... hits me anyways

[viral flare]

Will there be any more patches to the game?

[scenic stream]

Damn hope so

[unborn remnant]

same

[pearl saddle]

Nope, I'm consistently under 300 Coins and still don't find ||the bag||

[scenic stream]

Uh

How many levels does Zag's aspect have ?

For Stygius

Doing the ||skelly thing rn||

[fresh crest]

5

[scenic stream]

Blergj

[fresh crest]

But they don’t increase in price each time like the rest

[sacred stag]

Stupid question here but is it possible to make it all the way out on the first attempt, if so has anyone done it?

[fresh crest]

Yeah

There’s a speed run of it on YouTube

Actually insane

25 minutes iirc

[brazen lagoon]

yeah its called a fresh file run

the devs reacted to it

its on ign

[fresh crest]

Yeah that’s the one

Veryyyy hard though

[sacred stag]

That’s insane

[scenic stream]

||Can you spam Skelly's summon in the same encounter if you have several charges of it ?||

[fresh crest]

Nah ||once per encounter||

[scenic stream]

Whaaat

That sucks dookie

[fresh crest]

Yeahhh 😦

[narrow hemlock]

its to keep the gameplay balanced 🤔 remember that ||there are damage dealing companions too||

[scenic stream]

Do I care
||GIMME MY SKELLY ARMY DAMMIT||

[fleet narwhal]

aside from gameplay balances a ||companion only summons the character itself||

||so using battie like 5 times in a room doesnt make sense bc there arent 5 megs lol||

[scenic stream]

||Then let me summon Skelly once again when he croaks||

I just hate that you can't save it all up to annihilate ||Hades||

[fleet narwhal]

more than one summon use per room would be busted

for that reason^

[scenic stream]

It's a roguelike, everything's already busted anyways

Speaking of busted

[fleet narwhal]

its pretty balanced tbh

[scenic stream]

I gotta go ||get that final escape||

[fleet acorn]

hades is nice bc ||below 32 heat|| i can usually always win

[scenic stream]

With ||Guan Yu|| ripping off 30% of his health in 3 seconds

[sour sky]

So the ||Guan Yu|| aspect sucks

Like

Really bad

[gritty roost]

unless you're good in not getting hit, pretty much

[pearl saddle]

I need more titan blood

2 more

I've exausted all of my bounties

how do I get more?

[weary urchin]

trades from wretched broker

[pearl saddle]

Well therers only one thing you can trade for it

[wispy flax]

Yeah I dont think the spawn is based on coin count at all tbh

[pearl saddle]

And its Ambrosia

[runic agate]

Youve done all like 64 heat?????

How the hell do you not have everything maxed if you have done all the heat????

[narrow hemlock]

||bounties stop at 20 heat, or 25 if you're on hell mode||

[unborn remnant]

if you could add one more god, who would you add and why

[runic agate]

Oh i didnt know that but also at the same time 120 blood is about how much you should have gotten from that roght?

2 blood per run

Times 6 weapons

times 20 heat

[narrow hemlock]

the amount you get through heat is actually not enough to fully max everything, you're meant to utilize the broker/prophecies

[runic agate]

120 blood isnt enough????

[narrow hemlock]

300+ iirc

not gonna do the math on that though, i'm sure the info is on the wiki. but no, 120 isnt enough

just to upgrade one weapon completely is around ||i wanna say about 50||

[runic agate]

Just do the broker

or the fated things (i said things cuz i cant apell)

[thorny island]

You can get 21 x 2 x 6 (because you get bounties for 0 heat) which is like 252

But you need 306 to fully upgrade every weapon

With an extra 20 for the resource director/contractor

[narrow hemlock]

thanks for the math o/

[thorny island]

No problemo

[runic agate]

How much can you get from the fated list?

[prisma wind]

43 I think

[thorny island]

Lol yeah just scrolled through the wiki page and that's what I got too

[runic agate]

So

And how much ambrosia do you need to max stuff?

[thorny island]

That's tough... I know the companions you need 60 for

[prisma wind]

All I know is it's a lot less than blood

[pearl saddle]

Lol no im just not good enough to beat a second run

[thorny island]

You can get 68 from list, 132 from bounties

[pearl saddle]

Also what strat should I use to beat theseus and minotaur with teleport spear?

[thorny island]

Mmm even 200

I'm pretty sure theseus flashes right before he throws the spear, and you can also hide behind a pillar

Or just block shield

[prisma wind]

If you're still learning the fight, the strat will be about the same regardless of weapon. Try focusing down Asterius first and just avoid Theseus until you can 1v1. As you get better, you can adjust this

[thorny island]

For the ambrosia thing, there's 22 characters that can be gifted ambrosia. No idea the exact amount for each of them.

[runic agate]

I never thought about how helpful the broker really is

[pearl saddle]

Mmkay

I beat im

[thorny island]

Congrats

[pearl saddle]

How should I combat ||Hades||

I'm a bow main so spear is a bit confuzzling

[thorny island]

Think of a spear as just a big arrow that you throw.

[pearl saddle]

Huh

But I tele with it

[prisma wind]

Again, the strategy is going to be mostly the same while you're learning the fights. For the final boss, keep your distance until you get a good feel for the attack telegraphs. Don't get greedy with attacks, because the hits are very hard

[pearl saddle]

I've beat him once before, I know his patterns

And I've fought him 5 times

[prisma wind]

Ok, then it's just a matter of dodging when appropriate to avoid damage, and attacking when you can. Dodge through attacks to get behind if possible, rather than away. Don't stress too much about the adds unless they are getting overwhelming

Watch the health bar so you know when impervious phases are coming up so as to not waste your calls

[pearl saddle]

I usually use Aspect of Hera with some Ice Wine and crush him with big hits, are there any big hits with spear?

[prisma wind]

If you're using Achilles aspect, try to keep the damage buff active as much as possible

[thorny island]

Ooh you can hide behind a pillar and max charge spin attack

That will block most stuff except his spin

[pearl saddle]

Damage buff?

Sorry, still learning spear

[thorny island]

What aspect are you using?

[prisma wind]

I recommend reading the tooltips on the weapon

[pearl saddle]

Achilles i believe

The one that shoots you to your spear

[thorny island]

Yeah achilles

When you shoot to it you get a damage buff for a short period

[prisma wind]

When you rush to your spear after using special, you gain a damage buff to your attack and cast for the next 4 of whichever you use

[pearl saddle]

Huh

[prisma wind]

There's an aura around Zag when it's active

It doesn't refresh until it's completely used up, so rushing again when it's still active doesn't add more to the buffer of boosted damage attacks/cast

[pearl saddle]

Im low health sooo low risk strats?

[prisma wind]

Get good at dodging?

[pearl saddle]

hmm

[prisma wind]

There aren't really any secret strategies

[thorny island]

Pillar hiding has never let me down, except for the many times it has let me down.

[pearl saddle]

i have divine dash

Will fast charge spin attack help?

[prisma wind]

It won't hurt, certainly

[thorny island]

Has anyone here gotten the dionysus favor? I cant make him give it to me

[pearl saddle]

Favor?

Like the special keepsakes?

[prisma wind]

Yes, but it's been a long time. Probably better asking in #h1-story-discussion

[thorny island]

Sure

[pearl saddle]

Well wish me luck

Imma kill myself a ||Lord Hades||

[prisma wind]

Good luck!

[runic agate]

Nono

favor is what people normally call unlicking the hearts

allowing you to give them ambosia

[thorny island]

I got it :)

[pearl saddle]

Shud I sell my ambrosia or gift it?

I want new bow but I also want Megaera ability

[thorny island]

I will take many, many runs to get meg to the point you can give her ambrosia

[tender oxide]

You should keep most of your ambrosia because it’s harder to get than titan blood

[pearl saddle]

How do I get titan blood then?!

[pearl saddle]

Uhm, I've already given her 4 nectar and beat the furies at least 10 times

[thorny island]

Nvm then

It pretty much just comes down to whichever you want. You can always get more of either later

[pearl saddle]

Well I have 2 out of 3 blood so I'll save it

[digital python]

for whateve reason i can not catch a fish for the life of me

which sucks cuz i love fishing in games

[thorny island]

Hades is just animal crossing with extra steps

[digital python]

yes tht

[thorny island]

Go fishing, give presents to your friends, do favors for people, decorate your house,etc.

Oh yeah and there's a fun little minigame where you kill your dad

[digital python]

esdfhjg

[hexed shore]

It's going to take a while to ambrosia meg

[pearl saddle]

But I already have 4 nectar on her and have beat the furies at least ten times

[digital python]

she takes a while

[pearl saddle]

It seems pretty simple, give her nectar, beat her quest (and beat the furies a heck ton of times), and give her ambrosia

What part is the hardest?

[stiff nexus]

Anyone knows where to reach supergiants for questions regarding merch ? I am too stupid and can't find it

[rapid saddle]

https://i.imgur.com/WBCDXDQ.png the ol 101% strong drink

[hearty bramble]

looks like they have a questions form here! https://www.supergiantgames.com/contact/ @stiff nexus

[stiff nexus]

thanks a bunch freeze !

[hearty bramble]

wait doesnt lasting consequences reduce healing effects? so how would it increase the percentage

[fast axle]

he has the dem increased healing boon

[rapid forum]

nourishment from demeter

[hearty bramble]

ooo i see! thanks!!

[rapid saddle]

yep

[coarse plover]

The real reason hades didn’t want to escape is because if meme culture ever got into the house of hades Dusa could fly into the rafters and say “do not question the elevated one” and it would be all over

[pearl saddle]

HAHA double nova smash with poseidon is sick

[rapid forum]

it very much is

added poseidon legendary

with sea storm

oh boi

[digital python]

oohhhhhh that could've gone v badly

i needed tian's blood so basically before i got temple of styx i sold all my boons

but i didn have neough so i had to gothru the satyr tunnels

also encourted a miniboss that could've gone terribly lmao

[rapid forum]

um

why?

[digital python]

i needed titan's blood

probs not the best way to do it but honestly

i wasn;t gonna beat the final boss anyways lol

[pearl saddle]

I need more titan blood

how

help

[digital python]

surprisingly i didnt actually do as bad as i expected i got to the first second phase

uc an do what i did

battle to temple of styx & sell all ur boons lmao

[pearl saddle]

Ohhh

I can do it with weapons ive beat game with before?

[digital python]

u need 1000 for a diamond & 1200 for titan's blood

ye

u can buy in charon's shop at styx

[pearl saddle]

Always?

[digital python]

r these spoilers... or is just the final boss that's spoiler

it depends

sometimes blood

[pearl saddle]

Nah

[digital python]

sometimes diamond

[pearl saddle]

just final boss

[digital python]

i was trying to get a diamond actually

[pearl saddle]

Blood is too early to be a spoiler

[digital python]

but there was only blood rup

[pearl saddle]

Blood is always for sale

Right

[digital python]

blood isn't always for sale

sometimes it's diamonds somtimes it's blood

at charon's shop

there r diff boons as well

[pearl saddle]

hmmm

what are the rates

ive only seeen blood

[digital python]

the most expensive item is always either blood or diamonds

so fifty/fifty

[pearl saddle]

So just go for boons the entire time then sell them all buy something and die

[digital python]

ye lmao

save up coins as well

[pearl saddle]

Its so stupid

like you walk up on ||hades||

[digital python]

if it looks stupid but it works but it aint stupid

[pearl saddle]

and just die on purpose

[digital python]

u dont have to die on prupose i tried to survive as long as i could

[pearl saddle]

Huh

[digital python]

mainly cuz i need to learn his attacks honestly

[pearl saddle]

with 0 Boons?

[digital python]

also ||hades|| is a spoiler lmao

i had like 3 boons

lol

ye that's it basically lol

[pearl saddle]

thanks for catching that

[digital python]

the other thing is wretched broker

[pearl saddle]

Noo

[digital python]

but honestly just battling up to styx is easier than that imo

[pearl saddle]

I need my ambrosia

[digital python]

it's hard to choose what to trade

YEA that

[pearl saddle]

Also whats the longest part about getting Megaera to accept ambrosia

[digital python]

idk i haven't gotten to that point yet

[pearl saddle]

oh

[digital python]

i feel this is gonna take.. a while lol

[pearl saddle]

The most tedious part so far is having to start a run, beat her up, come back to the house, hope she's not talking to someone, and then give her nectar

And repeat

OOH

[rapid forum]

go for it

high risk, high reward

also that's a spoiler

btw

[hearty bramble]

loove when a boss dashes just outside the reach of my summon at the last second -__-

[fading gazelle]

They got them jukes

[narrow hemlock]

@frosty ember on the topic of gods, there are still some responses in #ask-supergiant that remark on how adding all of the gods was not necessarily the intent of the game #ask-supergiant message

[shut wasp]

||theseus can you not im trying to kill my dad||

[frosty ember]

thank you very much! It makes a lot of sense that they would choose specific ones, considering this game's breathtaking story

[narrow hemlock]

if you have free time to kill, i def recommend scrolling through dev replies in that channel, particularly greg's for story-related answers, there's still some interesting insight there

[frosty ember]

will do

[rich acorn]

||Persephone just returned to the house and all seems well, so... it's over?||

||If so, thank you supergiant, that was one hell of a game||

[narrow hemlock]

keep playing :) there's still ||the epilogue||

[rich acorn]

[craggy barn]

just wait for a sale in that case

usually they do 20% off as far as i believe so it'll be $20

[hexed shore]

sell all your trading cards

[supple lodge]

have you done all the npc side quests yet

theres still other relationships that need fixing aside from ||hades and persephone's||

[plucky phoenix]

||i was so close last run i made it to hades||

with no god mode

[trail pendant]

How can i get the ||Hades keepsake||?

[unkempt sleet]

||Get to credits, talk to him until you can gift him||

[hearty bramble]

im so glad they made theseus so ridiculous and funny because it makes dying to him not so bad

"HOLD, YOU UNWELCOME PUSTULE !"

[trail pendant]

Thanks, already halfway there!

[austere wagon]

bois

how do i get the last aspect ?

of the shield

[junior radish]

You got last aspect of the spear?

[austere wagon]

havent

i havent unlock any of the last aspect of any of the weapons

[brazen lagoon]

you gotta unlock that first

[austere wagon]

how tho

do i have to use the spear to unlock it

because all of my runs is shield

[brazen lagoon]

||unlock 5 other aspects and then talk to achilles||

||he'll give you the waking phrase and you can unlock it||

you can unlock the rest of the aspects from there

[austere wagon]

ahhh

i see

[brazen lagoon]

||keep in mind that you might not get the conversation immediately, so just keep talking to him until you do||

[austere wagon]

alright

thanks for the help

[brazen lagoon]

np

[unkempt sleet]

That's incorrect

To get spear 4 you need to unlock 5 other aspects

The requirements for the others are pinned in #h1-story-discussion

[brazen lagoon]

oh whoops

sorry about that

my memory of it was pretty foggy

@austere wagon i got it wrong sorry

i edited it

[coarse island]

6 wins so far. now just need to win with the rail and spear.

[unborn furnace]

i'm need to win twice and i got the true ending

i'm about to play hades

[austere wagon]

ah

alright

its okay

[trail pendant]

Great! I am 5 escapes away from getting the ending

At least i think

[crude musk]

that’s the ending but it’s not really the ending you know?

like it’s the credits roll but it is definitely not the end of the game

or the plot

[hushed pumice]

Not even the epilogue is the end tbh

[fleet zephyr]

So note to self
Blizzard Shot is a terrible boon for cast builds
ruined a perfectly good sword of poseidon run because it ruined the special-cast loop

[hushed pumice]

Yeah you want cast to lodge with Poseidon

[loud lintel]

blizzard shot is pretty good on aspects that dont rely on sticking

i had a good blizzard shot run with achilles aspect

[fleet zephyr]

I just went "ooh duo" and whoops there goes all my dps

[loud lintel]

it does good damage

though i wasnt really sure how it was doing damage

like idk if the damage was coming from the projectile or the chill vortexes

i was lucky enough to get the hermes legendary that automatically returned stones

so i was just dashing around with special while spamming casts

[hushed pumice]

On the flip side of that Blizzard Shot can melt everything super fast if you invest into all the support boons and roll sea storm as well

[worldly canyon]

Oh no

I didn't realise the aspect of || Guan Yu || was a git gud weapon

[craggy barn]

don't get hit

easy

[worldly canyon]

Thanks Hypnos

I also had this fantastic idea where I tried to fight || Charon || with it

[craggy barn]

why would you fight ||charon|| with like

[fleet zephyr]

idk, and this goes with with the demeter cast as well, but I would rather have the base burst damage of the flood shot/regular cast than wait for the cast to go pffffttftft for five seconds

[craggy barn]

30 hp

[fleet zephyr]

discounts yo
its always black friday in the underworld

[worldly canyon]

I had 60 HP actually!

It was the first time I'd seen the gold bag since the original event

[craggy barn]

i wouldn't bother with charon unless i have like 180 hp

[crude musk]

ugh i have to fight charon twice for a prophecy

and i just am not getting the bag

[craggy barn]

i'd recommend using chiron or hidden sword

[hasty lantern]

and i just am not getting the bag
Big mood right here

And crashes in If anyone has some hades OCs, I'd love to see 'em

[haughty cape]

I want to see this game's take on Pirithous

[ivory geode]

if you beat him once before getting the prophecy and havent lost to him since then you only have to beat him once more

[brisk trail]

what will happen if i beat charon 2 times in a row

[crude musk]

i’ve beaten him like three times in a row already so hopefully once more will do

[hasty lantern]

I think you need to ||max out your hearts with hermes first||

[loud lintel]

whats a good attack to go with the spread shot hammer?

for rail btw

[haughty cape]

You do not.

[hasty lantern]

Oh ok! Thanks for informing

[crude musk]

i’m pretty sure this is what unlocks his heart... i hope so

no wait that’s having the lambert plume maxed and talking to him isn’t it

LAMBENT dang autocorrect

[hasty lantern]

Yes! That's what I meant XD maxed out as in...stuck in the locked heart

[fresh crest]

Hnggg the temptation to buy the game on switch so I can play it from my bed is so tempting 😭

Was gonna wait for a sale but I kinda just want to get it now

[crude musk]

do eet

[brisk trail]

wut can i do with ambrosia i have 11 of it

[crude musk]

gifts!!

eventually

[brisk trail]

;-;

[haughty cape]

Sell for titan blood

[craggy gust]

You can sell it for now but dont spend all

[craggy barn]

just don't trade in more than you need

[lyric wharf]

||Jurry Summons|| means more enemies or just same number of enemies but more will spawn at the same time ?

[inland pivot]

I'm super happy that I ||Defeated Charon with Rama Aspect, and completed the Minor Fate by doing so||

[lyric wharf]

Nice.

[brazen lagoon]

More enemies

[lyric wharf]

I'm quite surprised to still be good on time with ||JS2||, I guess I just got faster at killing enemies.

[severe smelt]

Um, I killed ||Hades ||but the game won't let me quit... 🤔

I even fished a fish lol

[brazen lagoon]

That's a fat spoiler bro

[severe smelt]

ah <brunce>

[loud lintel]

how good is hidden fist aspect at lv1?

[haughty cape]

Go north

[severe smelt]

I don't mean quit the chamber, I mean quit the game.

[haughty cape]

So, what, are you back at the main menu and the game has locked up?

[severe smelt]

Re: spoilers, you know, they should just add spoil words to the profanity filter. 😄

If I go to the menu the "Quit" button is greyed out.

I can Give Up but not Quit.

[brisk trail]

you can quit only at the start of the room

[severe smelt]

That's false because I've done this many times before lol

It's a very normal thing for me to quit hte chamber after the last boss, which is why I'm like "wtf" at this situation

quit the game in the chamber*

anyway I reported it as a bug

[haughty cape]

Yeah, you just can't quit at that point, you have to continue and let plot events happen

[severe smelt]

...then how have I been quitting this whole time?

What are you basing your information on mate.

[brisk trail]

this is based on how autosave works; and how quitting interact with autosave.

[craggy barn]

just go to the next chamber then press 'quit' straight away

lol

[severe smelt]

Next chamber will kill me though.

[haughty cape]

Have you got to this point in the game before?

[severe smelt]

I did fish, maybe that's he issue? Or picked up the stuff? I don't know if there are some rules about this.

Yes, many times.

[haughty cape]

Oh, right. I think it's the fish thing.

[brisk trail]

to prevent savescamming, the game won't let you quit anytime. If you want to be sure to be able to quit, just quit at the start of the room

[haughty cape]

I don't think you can quit after fishing because of how the game save state treats fishing points.

[severe smelt]

@haughty cape yeah that might be it, I'll find out soon enough i guess. 😄

[haughty cape]

I could be wrong though

[severe smelt]

@brisk trail that doesn't help me in any way though.

[haughty cape]

I often am

[severe smelt]

I just need to know what the rules are for quitting out of the last chamber before the death. 🙂

I didn't realise there were any and thought it was just a bug.

[lyric wharf]

||BP1|| brings so much more challenge to the game.

I'm having troubles to keep up I have to pay more attention while still going fast, its good tho its making me better at the game.

[craggy barn]

||benefits package|| is actually fun imo

it adds more spice and variation to enemies

[lyric wharf]

Yeah it makes the game more challenging.

More fun as well yeah.

I really like it.

[stark onyx]

am i the only one who thinks that some gods should've had two legendary boons?

i think ares should have one related to doom for example

or like...artemis and crits

[brazen lagoon]

Yeah

Some of them just don't really make much sense

[craggy barn]

poseidon has two legendaries why shouldn't everyone else have the same treatment

[long nebula]

God I wish Artemis had a legendary boon that boosted crits

[stark onyx]

exactly, and he is concrete proof that two legendaries ≠ good

[brazen lagoon]

Yeah I was mad disappointed when I got arte's legendary

[craggy barn]

ares' second legendary could have something to do with causing your enemies to wage wars on each other, kind of like a skirmish

[brazen lagoon]

I thought it was gonna be crazy stuff but it's just casts

[stark onyx]

on the other hand Zeus doesn't need a single legendary because his tier 2s more than make up for it, splitting bolt is just a fun bonus

[modest cipher]

Would be very charming if everyone else had a weird quality of life legendary that doesn't really affect combat.

[craggy barn]

say you're in elysium and are fighting 6 enemies, each 2 being swordies, shieldies and bowies

[lyric wharf]

Why ?

[stark onyx]

if your build is attack oriented, fully loaded doesn't do anything

[lyric wharf]

Like ?

[modest cipher]

Similar to the fishing legendary. Hard to think of one for each of them, which is probably why they don't have them (plus it is disappointing to get a non-combat boon when you are trying to win the friggin' game)

[brazen lagoon]

It's just casts

[long nebula]

||Aspect of Chiron|| and ||Aspect of Demeter|| are so ridiculously fun to run with crit that it is indeed low-key disappointing her legendary only adds ||bloodstones||

[brazen lagoon]

Thought it was gonna be something related to crits

[lyric wharf]

For cast builds its amazing tho.

[craggy barn]

so if this "second legendary" takes effect then the swordies will attack the bowies, bowies will attack the shieldies, the shieldies attack the swordies, vice versa

[brazen lagoon]

I don't go to artemis for cast builds

[long nebula]

this, same

[brazen lagoon]

And I rarely do cast builds

[craggy barn]

what sort of legendary would arty even have besides 'more casts'?

[lyric wharf]

Even for no cast build that's good damage.

[long nebula]

if I'm running a cast build I'm saving attack, special, dash and call for utility and status effects

[craggy barn]

i doubt it would just be something that boosts crit chance since we already have pp for that

[stark onyx]

Something like a combination of pp and clean kill?

[lyric wharf]

Artemis already has Pressure Points and Hunter's Mark.

[craggy barn]

but then you might as well just have pp and clean kill

[stark onyx]

maybe cruel thrust where every third hit crits, idk

the ares legendary idea is really fun

[craggy barn]

the legendaries have to have unique effects from the other boons

my ares idea isn't basically charm, since the enemies still attack zagreus

[lyric wharf]

Artemis legendary is amazing, even for non cast build.

[brazen lagoon]

Artemis' legendary doesn't even make a lot of sense

[craggy barn]

maybe the enemies could also deal more damage overall? to zagreus and other enemies?

[brazen lagoon]

Feel like it'd be more suited for hermes

[stark onyx]

for a while i thought hermes was the one that gave you fully loaded

[long nebula]

Her legendary could be a new status effect like it is with Aphrodite

[craggy barn]

'more casts' definitely makes more sense than 'casts deal more damage if the enemy doesn't have a bloodstone lodged in them'

[brazen lagoon]

Yeah

[long nebula]

Though I suppose it would be too similar to marking

[craggy barn]

how does bad news even fit hermes? the dude is all about speed but one of his boons just makes your cast do more damage?

[lyric wharf]

It doesnt have to make sense tho.

[long nebula]

Oh yeah

[stark onyx]

it doesn't fit hermes at all lmfao

[long nebula]

his whole gimmick is F A S T but then one boon is just ||you get obols for free idk||

[brazen lagoon]

I mean most of the gods' legendaries make sense to them

[stark onyx]

Honestly if rush delivery was a legendary i think nobody would be angry about it

[craggy barn]

"doesn't have to make sense" doesn't align well with "has to fit a certain theme"

[brazen lagoon]

Artemis' one just makes zero sense

[stark onyx]

It's a universal damage boost and can get absolutely stupid

[craggy barn]

rush delivery is 👌

[stark onyx]

that's because he and charon are...yknow

[craggy barn]

rush delivery + lambent plume + zag sword + greater haste 😳

[stark onyx]

You Know

[long nebula]

I wish rush delivery showed up in my runs 😔

[stark onyx]

YOU SPEAK MY LANGUAGE

[lyric wharf]

Hermes is basically a support god in this game so Bad News still makes sense.

[stark onyx]

this is why i love zag sword

[brazen lagoon]

Rush delivery doesn't appear too often but when it does 👌

[craggy barn]

would a zag sword speed build work best with flurry slash or world splitter?

actually world splitter would get a larger boost

[stark onyx]

Flurry slash for sure

World splitter is just clunky

[brazen lagoon]

Flurry slash is great with zag sword

[stark onyx]

When hermes gives you +30% attack speed on arthur and Eurydice bumps that up to +40% :)

[craggy barn]

actually what about the "100% speed briefly after dash" boon + double edge

[lyric wharf]

Even if one or two boons doesn't make sense I mean what's wrong with it ?

The rest of the boons are still fitting the gods.

[long nebula]

don't step into the lava on ||extreme measures lernie|| <3

[craggy barn]

that's why

[brazen lagoon]

The rest make sense but artemis' doesn't

It's pretty jarring

[long nebula]

I mean

I suppose it does make some form of sense

[stark onyx]

uh...?

[long nebula]

goddess of the hunt would have more arrows to give out

[craggy barn]

more casts could be akin to more ammunition

as in more arrows i guess

[lyric wharf]

Exactly.

Cast is ranged for most cast boons so it definitely makes sense to get more of them from Artemis.

[long nebula]

still a bit underwhelming if you're running a melee crit build tho

[brazen lagoon]

Yeah I be vibing with a crit build then I get the legendary

[lyric wharf]

You dont have to take it.

[long nebula]

ok

[craggy barn]

support fire on fists/flurry slash/rail 👌

[brazen lagoon]

But still getting that when you're working with a crit build is pretty disappointing

[long nebula]

her duos are great though ngl

[brazen lagoon]

Support fire is so good when I'm using rail or fists

[lyric wharf]

One god isn't focused on one build only.

[long nebula]

so that makes up for it plenty

[brazen lagoon]

Yeah they're really good

Heart rend + deadly reversal 👌👌👌

[craggy barn]

splitting headache is a bit underwhelming but it's great to have if you have drunken dash or some other reliable source of hangover

[lyric wharf]

Its a Roguelike game anyways, gotta deal with the randomness.

[rich acorn]

|| Honestly I kind of wish I could’ve fought hades cause I had a really good build with talos fists but instead I can get the ending I guess... ||

[lyric wharf]

But yeah I agree its disappointing to get something you dont need.

[craggy barn]

fated authority 😎 👌

[stark onyx]

splitting headache + heart rend + low tolerance 😳😳😳

[long nebula]

||reroll|| gang gang

[lyric wharf]

Doesnt always work sadly, I got no luck on my cast build at the moment trying to get extra cast, going into a styx tunnel right now hoping to get Artemis legendary or else no more chance.

[long nebula]

getting hermes chamber right after boosted key chamber 😩

[lyric wharf]

I've got to buy extra cast item buff during the run however which helped.

[lyric wharf]

What is it ?

What's wrong with it ?

Well no luck on this run, hopefully I can get to buy a cast item before fighting ||Hades.||

[haughty cape]

Most gods have two themes to their boons

Artemis is crit damage and casts.

[lyric wharf]

Only 1 cast against ||Hades|| but the fight still went well but ran out of time so I died, I went to phase 2.

[ivory geode]

OHHH DANG FEESH... I BETTER NOT DIE HERE

[weary vector]

yall think aspect of gilgamesh is good?

[loud lintel]

i tried a run with it for the first time

felt very strong

[buoyant sequoia]

wait so you're telling me that orpheus isn't a depressed lesbian

[brazen lagoon]

No he's a man

[craggy barn]

well he's depressed

but definitely not a lesbian

or a woman for that matter

[buoyant sequoia]

i just found out when he was referred to as "he" in a dialogue

[ivory geode]

might be a trans guy, who knows

[scenic stream]

[scenic stream]

Yeah Orpheus was made to appear all weak and feeble (bc ||Eurydice and all|| so the voice and posture (and long unkept hair) made it confusing

In dialogues, she mentions ||he used to be a total hunk, tan with beautiful hair locks||

[lyric wharf]

I thought Orpheus was a girl as well.

[buoyant sequoia]

i think it makes his character more interesting|| since it also makes his relationship with his muse more ambiguous||

[craggy barn]

yeah she said something about how orpheus used to ||be some sort of hot-shot, i'd assume boastful or something.||

[scenic stream]

It's kinda funny that ||Meg's room has statues of Orpheus' decapitated head||

[buoyant sequoia]

i remember reading a comment about ||eurydice and orpheus, about how eurydice was able to find life in death whereas it was the opposite for orpheus||

[lyric wharf]

||The room where you fight her ?||

[scenic stream]

||The Furies are the ones who slaughtered him when he refused to sing for them after Euridice died for good, after all||

[scenic stream]

Yeah in the corners

[buoyant sequoia]

:0

[lyric wharf]

I never noticed lol.

[scenic stream]

||There are statues of the furies holding his decapitated head||

[buoyant sequoia]

gonna check that out

[craggy barn]

so you're saying tisiphone murdered someone in cold blood?

[buoyant sequoia]

well

it aint out of character

[scenic stream]

||No idea, the furies were dionysius' party homies in most myths and were just (very) wild women-- but there are several versions of the tales. Just like Dyonisus and Zagreus are the same person in some myths||

So idk if Hades' Tisiphone was the one to hashish kebab him

[brisk quiver]

dude the story of this game is better than some triple A games lool

[craggy barn]

was the styx a thing when zagreus was ||"torn to shreds by the titans"||

[lyric wharf]

There's so many indie games that does as good or so much better games yeah.

[coral pilot]

any tips for getting ||Hypnos Favor ||to trigger? i'm on my 200th run and cant get it, no matter how much i interact with ||Thanatos||

[ivory geode]

i beat ||extreme measures theseus|| and poseidon isn't saying anything to me about it

[lyric wharf]

Do you have the prophecy for it ?

Did you talk to Poseidon during the same run ?

[ivory geode]

yes and yes

though i got a duo conversation that time so maybe that messed it up??

[pale plume]

Hi everyone! I'm having trouble bonding with ||Eurydice. After releasing Orpheus, I keep finding her in Asphodel at the same rate as before, but now every single time Orpheus is there too (both when I talk to him back at the House before the run and also when he is not at House), so I don't have the option to give her ambrosia. It's been 11 straight times now.|| Is this intended behavior? Did this happen to someone else?

[leaden summit]

just keep playing, ||he will go back and forth ||

[pale plume]

So you mean 11 out of 11 is just coincidence? I find that hard to believe 🤔

[neat nymph]

On the keepsake screen, there is an icon and number for the resource ||Ambrosia|| on the bottom right of the grid, what does it mean?

[leaden summit]

||he is staying with euridice for a while because they have not seen each other for ages, orpheus will go back eventually||

[lyric wharf]

Yes probably.

[pearl saddle]

I think the keepsake screen shows the ambrosia because it's ||important to get the special keepsakes||

[neat nymph]

So is that my current amount?

[ivory geode]

whoaaa 3 clear streak

[neat nymph]

ayy good job!

[pearl saddle]

Yeah I think so

[neat nymph]

Thanks! such a weird place to put it xD

[pearl saddle]

Yeah having a Duo convo or something like that will ruin whatever special thing you're trying for

What's the difference between trippy shot and trippy flare?

[inland spade]

My dad wants a co-op mode so we can play together. Is this even remotely posible?

[narrow hemlock]

flare casts are unique to shield 4th aspect

[narrow hemlock]

The game is built from the ground up as a single player experience, so unfortunately no. #hades-faq mentions there is no plans for multiplayer

[spice hearth]

hey tatz, what KDA vid is your profile pic from?

[narrow hemlock]

popstars

[spice hearth]

oh is it just color edited? i was wondering if a new video got released haha

[clever halo]

https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/adventures-of-god/ep-414-a-post-christmas-miracle-2/viewer?title_no=853&episode_no=414 I detect a reference.

[runic agate]

Aren't some of them on geta too?

Hera*

Smh autocorrect

[rancid vapor]

Should I heal for 75% or take the 1 DD? -50% lasting consequences make this a hard decision.
||https://i.imgur.com/OjkMbYH.png||

[ivory geode]

how many do you have left

[rancid vapor]

I got 2 of 3 dd left

but almost dead

[nimble glacier]

It's tricky to tell but has anyone else found that Lightning Reflexes (lightning strike on 'near miss' dash) doesn't cause Splitting Bolt (zeus legendary) to proc?

[pearl saddle]

Is there a way to increase the uses of ||companion battie||

[rancid vapor]

you can buy charges from the well of charon occasionally

[pearl saddle]

I'm saying permanently tho

[ivory geode]

....yeah

[nimble glacier]

You can 'level' them by clicking the plus sign below it in the trinket selection window, requires ambrosia iirc and caps at 5.

[pearl saddle]

shoot ambrosia

i already used my 1!

[rancid vapor]

You'll have to work on it diligently

[meager steppe]

Time

[pearl saddle]

Wait what? Why did Lernie's name actually turn into Lernie?!

[meager steppe]

The question to unlocking all the things is, “keep playing”.

Cause it was deemed so. You never gave someone a nickname?

[severe smelt]

Because poor ||Lernie ||can't speak out against their moniker.

[meager steppe]

Got fourth escape. On my way!

Poison fists with a houduken.

[pearl saddle]

Wow, I'm still on first

Tryna beat it with ||EM 2||

[severe smelt]

You'll get there. 🙂

[meager steppe]

The 1st one is the hardest so far.

Why would you immediately go to that one? I went stop watch.

[severe smelt]

||EM2 Lernie|| can be tough tbh even if it's technically faster. And I imagine you don't have ||Meg ||yet.

[pearl saddle]

I like actual changes rather than challenges that don't change fights

Oh I have ||Meg||

||Companion Battie?||

[severe smelt]

Uhh, you have only beaten ||Hades ||once and you have ||Meg||?

[pearl saddle]

Yup

[severe smelt]

Didn't even realize it was possible to get her that fast haha, I didn't know she existed until I wached GDQ. 😅

[pearl saddle]

I have ||Rama|| too

[meager steppe]

That one seems like an odd choice to me. How many attempts are you at?

[pearl saddle]

Uhm I think 50 some

[severe smelt]

I mean ||EM1/2|| doesn't affect ||Hades ||if that's where they're dying.

But all in all people like to work at it in different ways anyway. 🙂

[pearl saddle]

Does ||EM2|| affect ||Theseus and Minotaur||

[strong ridge]

no

3

[severe smelt]

It does? Is that what the ||green ring|| is from?

[pearl saddle]

Good, I have trouble with them

[severe smelt]

ah that was a question

||3 is theseus/min, 4 is hades||

[meager steppe]

True, just kinda weird that he is having trouble and using that which makes the early stretch more difficult.

[pearl saddle]

Nono, I can beat the game easy, It's just I don't want it to be easy

[severe smelt]

Maybe they're training for speedrun mode since those are preferred speedrun ||heats||.

[meager steppe]

Maybe ||daddy|| wouldn’t spank him if he didn’t have that early difficulty curve?

[severe smelt]

Something here sounds off

if you can beat the game easy ||EM2 ||shouldn't be phasing you at all 😛

[meager steppe]

But you said you’re working on your 1st escape....

[pearl saddle]

No

I said I beat it once

[strong ridge]

how do spoiler

[severe smelt]

so your 2nd escape

select text, button shows up

[strong ridge]

thx

[severe smelt]

looks like eye in box, rightmost

[meager steppe]

I’m in iPhone. I tag with double bars in front and after.

[pearl saddle]

I go on escape attempts just to instantly die (On purpose) after doing something I wanted to do so I don't waste time

[meager steppe]

| | spoiler | |

[strong ridge]

@pearl saddle honestly if you just want the game to be harder make a new file with|| hell mode on and go from there||

[meager steppe]

But without the spaces.

[strong ridge]

since you’re so early on it

[severe smelt]

This was a bit misleading then:

[19:17] log in: Wow, I'm still on first
[19:18] log in: Tryna beat it with ||EM 2||

[pearl saddle]

MMM ||hell mode|| is a bit too hard

[severe smelt]

That made it sound like you were struggling to beat the game consistently

[pearl saddle]

Ohhhh

sorry

[strong ridge]

no i read it as he had 1 under his belt

[severe smelt]

note the consistently

beating it once is one thing

[meager steppe]

Also, not sure why you wouldn’t finish to get more ||heat|| and titan blood and diamonds and ambrosia

[pearl saddle]

Sometimes I just want to get specific things and go back and do them, then complete a run with better skills

[severe smelt]

🤷

[meager steppe]

Okay. If it works for you.

[pearl saddle]

Thats how I got ||Rama|| and ||Meg||

Now I'm completing my second run

[strong ridge]

what weapon do u like

[pearl saddle]

Bow ||Rama|| is only for bow

[strong ridge]

so bow?

[crude musk]

i got rama completely accidentally which was a nice surprise

though in retrospect it shouldnt have been

[strong ridge]

idek how u get rama i just have it

[pearl saddle]

lol

[severe smelt]

Yeah I just have it too lol

I am missing ||dad ||spear i think tho

[pearl saddle]

||u upgrade 5 times then talk to artemis||

[strong ridge]

honestly rama dion build isn’t the worst thing

[pearl saddle]

Is that a spoily boi

[meager steppe]

I get that, but more successful escapes nets other basic resources that also gives you more upgrades which in turn gives you more ||heat|| which makes the game more difficult. So in a meta farming aspect, I don’t know why you’d want to purposely die.

[strong ridge]

i think log in just likes the pain

[severe smelt]

I'm sure they'll figure that out on their own time. Let people play how they want

[meager steppe]

Probably. Just because of the fact that it lays out the unlock.

[crude musk]

i didn’t enjoy my rama run much

[severe smelt]

I always go through because I need all the ||dad ||practice I can get. 🤣

[pearl saddle]

Well its because usually I get specfic boons like artemis and dont wanna have to win with artemis

[crude musk]

attack was so sloooow

[pearl saddle]

Artemis sucks imo

[crude musk]

i love artemis w hera

[strong ridge]

o young one u will learn

artemis is cracked

[pearl saddle]

I dunno crit isnt that much of a buff

[severe smelt]

Artemis is one of my favorites, but I think Poseidon is overal the best

if only because dat dash. is. OP

[pearl saddle]

I just like her call

[meager steppe]

Poseidon is good for mobs but feels weak against the big baddies.

[severe smelt]

crit is the biggest buff in this game because it's one of the few mult ones

tidal dash ||dad ||and tell me it's weak

[strong ridge]

artemis is good bc her duos are usually big and once you learn how to build her boons w other gods the dps goes brrrrrrttttt

[pearl saddle]

I always like athena dash but should I switc to poseidon?

[meager steppe]

Crit piles on top of whatever you have. Never a bad thing. Also, tough to find anything else that gives you the single number return like crit.

[severe smelt]

athena dash is great in some situations too

tidal dash pushes enemies so don't grab it if that's not what you want, but damage wise it's stronk

[strong ridge]

just by having crit 15% of ur attacks make up for like 50% of ur damage output lol

[pearl saddle]

Like the insane witches room is extremely hard without divine dash

[rancid vapor]

I'm still unsure what's more damage for ||arthur||, artemis or aphrodite attack. Aphrodite is more reliable and easier to set up when it comes to privilege, but crits can be huge if you get all the pieces required, like Artemis+Athena

[severe smelt]

do you know how to ||meg ||it 😛

doesn't clear all of them but helps

[meager steppe]

I maybe lean on divine dash a bit too much.

[crude musk]

witches is fun w poseidon dash

[severe smelt]

divine dash is super nice tbh

[loud lintel]

i like artemis personally

[severe smelt]

it's just not damage 😄

[desert meadow]

eh, not really. Just hide behind a pillar and pick them off one by one.

[thorny island]

Divine dash is just one of those that you always take

[loud lintel]

hitting those 4 digit crits with ||arthur|| makes for some big damage

[pearl saddle]

Should I try gettiing ||arthur||?

[meager steppe]

The pillar is necessary if you lack burst damage or deflect. Anything that seeks or hits multiple enemies is also a plus.

[pearl saddle]

I like ranged attacks so the sword is a nono usually

[meager steppe]

I think you should try to get all of them.

[pearl saddle]

Titan blood grinding is annoyinh

[thorny island]

I honestly hate ||arthur||. It and ||Achilles|| are the only weapons I haven't cleared with in ~70 runs

[severe smelt]

yeah it is a bit

[strong ridge]

get nemesis or poseidon

[meager steppe]

Yes, but necessary and part of the game.

[severe smelt]

I'm tempted to just Eris them all

[pearl saddle]

i just realized that i dont have poseidon keepsake

[meager steppe]

Oh, I got an Achilles clear. I forget my build for it though.

[thorny island]

I have no idea how to use ||arthur|| effectively. Any tips?

[loud lintel]

i went with a cast build for achilles

[thorny island]

Lol that always works

Hunting Blades type of thing or?

[loud lintel]

||you can dash without interrupting your combo||

||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpnOOhSftGc||

general sword guide with lots of good info, ||arthur section at 8:22||

[pearl saddle]

I like killing a boss or something reaaally quick and accounting for mistakes by athena

[meager steppe]

I got lucky and got triple jab for my Achilles escape. Pretty sure I went arty on attack.

[thorny island]

Ooh thanks I will definitely watch that

[rancid vapor]

Use Special to set up your defensive "field" if you can, stack +Atk% modifiers, learn to dash in between attacks

[strong ridge]

||how much is arthur damage reduction aura||

[thorny island]

I'll probably go for Aphrodite for the Thiccest damage boost

[rancid vapor]

40%?

[strong ridge]

hm

[rancid vapor]

And you ||gain +50 flat HP right at the start||

[strong ridge]

i wanna make a damage reduc build now

[pearl saddle]

so what are very effective ways for titan blood farming

cuz i want to try ||arthur||

[crude musk]

literally just playing A Lot

do prophecies too

[thorny island]

^ yup

[strong ridge]

myrmidon + aura + diff league & festive fog dr could get it to 100%

[rancid vapor]

||arthur|| is the only thing that allows me to take 100% hard labour and 40% overtime (+140% damage) and not get blasted within a few seconds

[crude musk]

one prophecy gives you like 15 titan blood

[thorny island]

Every finished run on a new heat/new weapon gives you 2 blood

You can trade ambrosia for it

[crude musk]

you really shouldn’t need to though

[thorny island]

Fishing in Greece can sometimes get you blood/ambrosia

[strong ridge]

i hate that you need 300 something titan blood to max out all the weapons

[pearl saddle]

Which prophecy?

[crude musk]

love urself and do prophecies

i don’t remember

[strong ridge]

is there anyone who can beat ||em4|| consistently

[thorny island]

https://hades.gamepedia.com/Fated_List_of_Minor_Prophecies

[pearl saddle]

Uh the prophecy is escaping with literally every ||pact of punishment||

[strong ridge]

no but yes

[thorny island]

Killing every miniboss, escaping with all weapons, and escaping with all mirror of night talents also give blood I'm p sure

[rancid vapor]

I think it's not about beating it, but beating it while a ton of other pacts of punishment nail you to the floor

[crude musk]

you don’t have to do it all at once

i just did a different one for each run until i’d done them all

[thorny island]

Yup

[pearl saddle]

how do I get the prophecy for killing every miniboss

im pretty sure ive done it already

[crude musk]

just talk to everyone at every opportunity i guess

[strong ridge]

@pearl saddle did you fight the ||dreaded tiny v||

[thorny island]

There's like 4-5 different temple of styx minibosses

[meager steppe]

Beat him! I think I’m missing one but not sure.

[pearl saddle]

How do I get darkness fast?

[strong ridge]

use purple aura weapon

[pearl saddle]

One of them gives 8 blood for getting all the mirror unlocked

[meager steppe]

The biggest bang for your buck is beating bosses after getting their bounty.

You get 100.

[pearl saddle]

Oh so just rebeat the entire game with a weapon I already beat the game with?

[strong ridge]

yea

[meager steppe]

Then add in the 20% from aura of darkness (the purple glowing one).

[strong ridge]

bonus points if u use the purple aura weapon while doing it

[meager steppe]

So in a run where you die from redacted you’ll net at least 360.

[pearl saddle]

Oooh

[meager steppe]

And that’s without specific darkness rooms.

[pearl saddle]

so just go kill redacted

[meager steppe]

Each of those will give you another 20ish.

[pearl saddle]

should I turn on ||tight deadline||

[meager steppe]

And I have been grabbing it from Sisyphus as well when I see him.

[pearl saddle]

Cause then I can reget every titan blood from beating megaera

[strong ridge]

u don’t get the darkness if u do that

[meager steppe]

If you’re used to The one you use then don’t bother switching it unless that is the reason you aren’t escaping.

[pearl saddle]

No ivee beat all the bosses once except ||hades||

[strong ridge]

but tight deadline is a good one for the heat, 9 minutes is plenty since it stacks between rooms

[pearl saddle]

with ||deadline|| on

[crude musk]

honestly, i’m at eighty or so runs and don’t need darkness any more

[severe smelt]

||TD ||is basically a freebie unless you're going for AGT>

[crude musk]

so don’t worry about it too much

[craggy barn]

if you haven't gotten past ||hades|| yet you probably shouldn't be worrying about ||heat||